To all those who think/believe Steny Hoyer is the protector/savior of Pax River please explain the following;
- Presidential Helo Program cnx’ed and putting hundreds out of work, what did Steny do to stop that?
- Steny’s support for sequestration, causing financial hardship for thousands of Pax workers.
- Steny supported military pay freeze, while voting himself a pay raise.
- Steny supports Obamacare, which will raise Pax River workers health insurance drastically and cause some to lose their existing coverage.
Steny is out for himself and no one else, he has already proven that he will do what he wants and does not care about his constituents. All he cares about is helping keep liberals in office and keeping himself in office by giving away our hard earn money to those who are too lazy to work, basically, buying votes to keep his arse in office.
Steny supported the program because his fellow democrats from NY did as well. Canceling the program was a decision made by the Navy and SecDef
The people who are drinking the kool aid are the ones who believe that Pax is so unique it could not be replaced.
There are a lot of closed facilities that thought the same. Either the governemnt found a replacement OR they just didn't replace it.
DoD is taking significant hits in their budget. Soomer or later consolidation with the Army and Air Force is going to come back as an option.
We are already seeing aircraft built with COTS or NDI components not qualified for operation in the environments they are going to be used.
It's about dollars and the admirals here will through the base under the bus faster than you can say doo doo too. Captains and Admirals are as much politician as warrior. If CNO says consolidate so I can float boats, they'll close in a heartbeat.
Sane goes for the other services. The commanders will do what is n the best interest of the service, because it will also be in their best interest.